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In some ways similar to 'Eraserhead' by David Lynch

posted 19 years ago by enbilal
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I liked it, and I think that in some ways it is similar to David Lynch's "Eraserhead".

Both movies are about a young man with a strange haircut living alone and having a crazy girlfriend who takes him to a diner with her crazy parents, plots go in different directions from that point but in the end, he ends up with another girl who can understand him better, even though Eraserhead is more symbolic in that matter. Also, the subjects of the movies are similar, being about coming of age of a young man and facing responsibilities of relationship.
There are also some influences of David Lynh's style in "Johnny Suede". Like the strange dream sequences and similar "Twin Peaks"-ish music and overall weirdness. And the girl's "dangerous" photographer boyfriend is probably inspired by Denis Hopper's dangerous boyfriend character from Lynch's "Blue Velvet".

Anyway, a nice movie.

[–] Johnny-Sack 18 years ago

There is no doubt that DiCillo is a big fan of Lynch. The dream sequences, the randomness of the objects appearing(the hand, the shoes) and the film's tone was very Lynchian at times. Also the Tito scenes from "Living in Oblivion" prove this.

It's just a shame that it never really gells together to make a satisfying film.

All of DiCillo's films, with the strong exception of "Oblivion", have been disapointing to me. They are varied, sometimes dull in parts and fail to develop a decent tone or mood.

[–] Katz5 16 years ago

Correct about DiCillo. I've seen most of his films and the only one with repeat viewing value is Living in Oblivion, a movie he made as a response to his making Johnny Suede.

Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.